/**
 * This file is part of 1genia trampoline
 * Copyright (C) 2007 1genia (contact@1genia.com)
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 of the License. 
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details. 
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this library; see the file COPYING.TXT.  If not,
 * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
 * Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 
 **/
package com.genia.toolbox.uml_generator.model;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * the model of interface and class objets.
 */
public interface AbstractClassModel
    extends AbstractDelegatableObject
{

  /**
   * returns the model of the implementation model.
   * 
   * @return the model of the implementation model
   */
  public AbstractClassModel getImplementationModel();



  /**
   * set the model of the implementation model.
   * 
   * @param classModel
   *          the model of the implementation model
   */
  public void setImplementationModel(AbstractClassModel classModel);



  /**
   * returns the list of associations of this class.
   * 
   * @return the list of associations of this class
   */
  public abstract Set<AssociationModel> getAssociations();



  /**
   * add an association to the class.
   * 
   * @param association
   *          the association to add
   */
  public abstract void addAssociation(final AssociationModel association);



  /**
   * returns the list of attributes to this class.
   * 
   * @return the list of attributes to this class
   */
  public abstract Set<AttributeModel> getAttributes();



  /**
   * add an attribute to this class.
   * 
   * @param attribute
   *          the attribute to add
   */
  public abstract void addAttribute(final AttributeModel attribute);



  /**
   * returns wether this object is an interface.
   * 
   * @return wether this object is an interface
   */
  public abstract boolean isInterface();



  /**
   * set the parent.
   * 
   * @param parent
   *          the parent model.
   */
  public abstract void setParent(final AbstractClassModel parent);



  /**
   * returns the original object if the current object is decorated.
   * 
   * @return the original object if the current object is decorated
   */
  public abstract AbstractClassModel getUndecoraredObject();



  /**
   * getter for the abstractClass property.
   * 
   * @return the abstractClass
   */
  public abstract boolean isAbstractClass();



  /**
   * setter for the abstractClass property.
   * 
   * @param abstractClass
   *          the abstractClass to set
   */
  public abstract void setAbstractClass(boolean abstractClass);

}
